From July 12 to 27
Bastia / Zonza / Lecci / Portivexu / Bonifaziu
COMBINING MUSIC, HERITAGE AND CULTURE
Come celebrate joy and beauty by discovering talented artists and share our passion for Corsica and music. For this fifth edition, which will take place from July 12 to 27, 2024, the Opus Corsica International Music Festival, under the artistic direction of concert pianist Laura Sibella and its president Xavier Torre, continues to democratize classical music in exceptional places , with virtuoso solo piano recitals, chamber music, lyrical concerts for several voices and various shows around the piano with literature and texts read by its author, polyphonies from Corsica and many other surprises for share and offer the public a new emotion and a different relationship to the works.
A rich program of virtuoso solo piano with Varduhi Yeritsyan and her butterflies, Jean-Baptiste Doulcet continues the festivities with the great repertoire and his improvisations of which he has the secret, Julien Brocal in a world of dreams and beauty or the discovery of a young virtuoso and child prodigy Lucie Le Balc’h. You will also be able to appreciate the most beautiful pieces of the comic opera ensembles and the French romantic repertoire with several voices with the Opale Quartet, celebrate the lyrical art with Éléonore Pancrazi and her guests, make singular journeys, from polyphonic singing to the great romantic pianists with Spartimu and Petru Casanova, from Japan to Corsica with the concerts of L’Odyssée des îles interpreted by the virtuoso pianist Jean-Baptiste Fonlupt and the Japanese artists Aiko Okamura on the violin and Risa Ando on the piano.
Programme ↓
Friday 12 July – Portivecju – Théâtre I Chjacjaroni
Concert 9 p.m. Box office on site 8 p.m.
Piano Recital
Varduhi Yeritsyan
Young Talent: Stefanu Silvani – piano
Inspired by German writer Jean Paul Friedrich Richter’s novel Flegeljahre, Butterflies, pianist Varduhi Yeritsyan offers an exploration of the virtuoso and profound works of Schumann, punctuated by pieces by Grieg and Massenet. Immerse yourself in a musical evening rich in emotions, where each note tells a captivating and mysterious story, fluttering like butterflies.
Sunday July 14 – Lecci
Concert 4 p.m. Box office on site 3 p.m.
Carte Blanche to Eleonore Pancrazi
Opale Quartet: Éléonore Pancrazi – mezzo, Enguerrand de Hys – tenor, Jennifer Courcier – soprano, Philippe Estephe – baritone, Martin Surot pianist
The great lyrical concert of July 14 with the guests of the talented Éléonore Pancrazi around the piano.
Monday July 15 – Bastia – Cour Palais des Gouverneurs
Concert 9 p.m. Box office on site 8 p.m.
Piano Recital
Jean-Baptiste Doulcet
Young Piano Talents: Jean Baptiste Pinelli, Lena Pithois-Luciani, Pierre Marie Delmond-Filippi, Marc Antoine Felicelli
A stylistic journey that takes us from Chopin and Sibelius’ Impromptus, short pieces evocative of several states of mind, love, nostalgia, reverie, to Ravel’s Sonatine, a small piece of goldwork iridescent with lights and distant memories, to the live creations of Jean-Baptiste Doulcet inspired by certain themes heard during the concert and suggestions that the public will be able to propose directly.
Tuesday July 16 – Bastia – Courtyard of the Governors’ Palace
Concert 9 p.m. Tickets on site 8 p.m.
Lyrical Singing Concert
Opale Quartet: Éléonore Pancrazi – mezzo, Enguerrand de Hys – tenor, Jennifer Courcier – soprano, Philippe Estephe – baritone, Martin Surot pianist
Young Piano Talents: Alice Rodriguez, Nemice Rossi, Theodore Seatelli, Livia Alric, Armel Ferrari, Marc Antoine Bertagna
The most beautiful pieces for vocal quartet written by Fauré and his contemporaries. From one to four voices we will discover both sets of comic operas and pieces from the French romantic repertoire for several voices. A great diversity of pieces which allow the four singers accompanied by their pianist to transmit their passion for singing and their love of stage performance.
Wednesday July 17 – Bunifaziu – Cour Carrée Town Hall
Concert 9 p.m. Tickets on site 8 p.m.
Concert Lecture and Piano
Léonore Queffélec Engerer – narrator, Selim Mazari – pianist
Young Talent: Stefanu Silvani – piano
Ten years after the death of Brigitte Engerer, famous international concert artist, her daughter Léonore Queffélec and Selim Mazari, who was her student, make us rediscover this exceptional artist. Punctuated with readings, this concert transports us into a unique sound universe, from the vibrant romanticism of Schumann to the brilliant transcriptions of Liszt, including the magic of Tchaikovsky.
Friday 19 July – Portivecchu – Bastion De France
Concert 9 p.m. Free entry 8 p.m.
Pianò is Pulifunia
Petru Casanova – piano, Spartimo – polyphonic ensemble
Young Talent: Bastien Casanova – piano
For too long traditional music and classical music have been opposed, this concert brings together a pianist and singers for a journey that goes from the polyphonic singing of Corsica to the great romantic pianists, via Italy and Georgia. A musical journey between Classical, Chjam’è rispondi, Cantu in paghjella, and some surprises and innovations.
Tuesday July 23 – Zonza – Viseo Racecourse
Concert 6 p.m. Box office on site 5 p.m.
Concert Piano & Violon
Jean-Baptiste Fonlupt – Piano, Aiko Okamura – Guitar, Risa Ando – Piano, Julien Brocal – Piano
An invitation to the islands of the world, we will travel aboard Wagner’s Ghost Ship, and we will go where the composers went to write the music for this program. For some, composed during real journeys, and for others during interior journeys towards imaginary islands or from mythological texts, in the company of Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Debussy and many other wonderful composers.
Thursday July 25 – Lecci – Domaine De Torraccia
Concert 9 p.m. Tickets on site 8 p.m.
Concert Piano & Violon
Jean-Baptiste Fonlupt – Piano, Aiko Okamura – Guitar, Risa Ando – Piano, Julien Brocal – Piano
Young Violin Talents: Lisandrina Paoli, Ghjuvanna Micheli, L’Archetti Bastiacci and Jérémie Vuillamier – piano
An invitation to the islands of the world, we will travel aboard Wagner’s Ghost Ship, and we will go where the composers went to write the music for this program. For some, composed during real journeys, and for others during interior journeys towards imaginary islands or from mythological texts, in the company of Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Debussy and many other wonderful composers. .
Saturday July 27 – Lecci – Domaine De Torraccia
Concert 9 p.m. Tickets on site 8 p.m.
Piano Recital
Julien Brocal
Lucie Le Balc’h – OPUS CORSICA D’ORU 2023 –
Julien Brocal shares his stage with Lucie Le Balc’h, child prodigy and virtuoso born in 2012, and invites us to continue his program in a world of dreams and beauty with enchanting soundscapes, from the touching simplicity of Paisajes de Mompou to the delicacy of Debussy’s Arabesques, the gentle melancholy and virtuosity of Chopin, to bring us to the fascinating reflections of Ravel’s Miroirs.
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